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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1821">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
pwd - return working directory name
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1822">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
<pre><code>

pwd
</code>
</pre>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1823">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>pwd</i>
utility will write an absolute pathname of the current working directory
to standard output.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1824">&nbsp;</a>OPTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1825">&nbsp;</a>OPERANDS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1826">&nbsp;</a>STDIN</h4><blockquote>
Not used.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1827">&nbsp;</a>INPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1828">&nbsp;</a>ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES</h4><blockquote>
The following environment variables affect the execution of
<i>pwd</i>:
<dl compact>

<dt><i>LANG</i><dd>Provide a default value for the internationalisation variables
that are unset or null.
If
<i>LANG</i>
is unset or null, the corresponding value from the
implementation-dependent default locale will be used.
If any of the internationalisation variables contains an invalid setting, the
utility will behave as if none of the variables had been defined.

<dt><i>LC_ALL</i><dd>
If set to a non-empty string value,
override the values of all the other internationalisation variables.

<dt><i>LC_MESSAGES</i><dd>
Determine the locale that should be used to affect
the format and contents of diagnostic
messages written to standard error.

<dt><i>NLSPATH</i><dd>
Determine the location of message catalogues
for the processing of
<i>LC_MESSAGES .
</i>
</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1829">&nbsp;</a>ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS</h4><blockquote>
Default.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1830">&nbsp;</a>STDOUT</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>pwd</i>
utility output will be
an absolute pathname of the current working directory:
<p><code>
<tt>"%s\n"</tt>, &lt;<i>directory pathname</i>&gt;
</code>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1831">&nbsp;</a>STDERR</h4><blockquote>
Used only for diagnostic messages.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1832">&nbsp;</a>OUTPUT FILES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1833">&nbsp;</a>EXTENDED DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
None.
<br>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1834">&nbsp;</a>EXIT STATUS</h4><blockquote>
The following exit values are returned:
<dl compact>

<dt>0<dd>Successful completion.

<dt>&gt;0<dd>An error occurred.

</dl>
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1835">&nbsp;</a>CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
If an error is detected, output will not be written to standard
output, a diagnostic message will be written to standard error,
and the exit status will not be zero.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1836">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1837">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1838">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_001_014_1839">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="cd.html">cd</a></i>,
the <b>XSH</b> specification description of
<i><a href="../xsh/getcwd.html">getcwd()</a></i>.
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